It has come to our attention that a Mr Daniel Chun has sent
an "Internet Domain Name Survey" (shown below) requesting replies
to an ITU (International Telecommunication Union) email
account. Please note the following:
1. The 'Internet Domain Name Survey' from Mr. Chun has absolutely
nothing to do with the ITU.
2. Mr Chun is not an employee of the ITU nor is there any
related ITU 'study group'.
3. His account is one of about 6,000 external accounts granted to
people around the world working in the telecommunications field
to track ITU activities and assist interworking with us.
4. We consider this an abuse of his ITU account.
5. His account has been immediately terminated.
I apologize for any confusion this has created. I don't know to who
he has sent this solicitation but feel free to forward this note on
to others.
Robert Shaw
ITU
Geneva, Switzerland
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From: daniel.chun(a)itu.ch
To: "Internet Domain Name Survey" <daniel.chun(a)itu.ch>
Date: Fri, 29 Nov 1996 11:16:24 +0000
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Subject: Domain Name Survey
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Nov 29, 1996 Domain Study Group
Dear Domain Owner and Administrator,
This is not a junk e-mail, you receive this e-mail because you have been carefully selected
from InterNIC's WHOIS database to respond to a survey conducted by a voluntary study
group in parallel with various initiatives from bodies including International Telecommunications
Union (ITU), Internet Society (ISOC) and Internet Assigned Numbers Association (IANA).
Due to the phenomenal growth of the Internet, the authorities have acknowledged the high
demand for domain names. In September 1996 alone, InterNIC has received 75,213 applications
for registering for second level domain names including .COM .NET .ORG .GOV and .EDU
In the Internet universe, the gold rush for domain names is happening, there are individuals
speculating domain names and there are various ISPs or individuals involving themselves
in trading and brokering domain names.
Examples of such can be found in the following sites:
www.domainmart.comwww.bestdomain.comwww.domaindealers.com
Our study group has found that typically, these services charges the Domain Owners a
one-time sign up fee of US$10-$100 and then they charge a commission of 5%-25% of
the transaction value of the domain name. This amount could be very high if the domain
name transaction involves high stake (eg. For a sale value of US$25,000 10% commission
will be US$ 2,500). Furthermore, we also observed that the charges for the services provided
are not necessarily equitable to the cost of delivering the service. In another words, the service
delivered for a US$500 transaction and a US$25,000 is the same.
In light of the situation, this study group would like to conduct a survey which require
you to reply to this e-mail.
Please put a cross (eg. X) in the underlined area to indicate your response.
1. Are you one of the following ?
__ Domain owner
__ Domain administrator (eg. technical, billing, administrative contact)
2. Will you offer your Domain for sale ?
__ Yes
__ No
__ Depends on Sale Value
3. What price do you think your Domain is worth ?
__ Priceless
__ USD 0 < P < USD 1,000
__ USD 1,000 < P < USD 5,000
__ USD 5,000 < P < USD 10,000
__ USD 10,000 < P
3) How will you go about selling your Domain ?
__ Through Domain Brokers
__ Personal Selling
__ Directory Services (listing, public forum)
If this study group propose a Directory Service to the authorities to provide a forum,
similar to a database service (eg. InterNIC's WHOIS database) for Domain Names on
non-profit making nature. This will help promote the value of domain names, and promote
growth in the use of domain names and yet indirectly imposing control mechanism to the
brokering of domain names by establishing an open forum. This will promoting the value
of transacting domains without involving in the transaction itself thereby collecting high
commission.
The cost of providing the service will be compensated by a one-time nominal charge to
fund the ongoing research, development and administration of the web site and services.
4. What price level do you as a Domain Owner and Administrator do you
believe is acceptable (For your information, InterNIC currently charges US$ 50
one-time fee for domain registration)
__ US$ 5 - US$ 10
__ US$ 11 - US$ 15
__ US$ 16 - US$ 20
__ US$ 21 - US$ 25
__ US$ 25 - US$ 30
5. What service level do you see as important for this Directory Services
__ Web User Interface and Functionality
__ Bandwidth of the Directory Service
__ Effectiveness of selling your Domain
__ Please suggest _____________________________________
6) Will you be willing to pay by credit card ?
__ Yes
__ No
7) If answer to 6 is Yes, Which method of giving your card details do you prefer ?
__ by Internet email
__ by Internet Commerce
__ by fax
__ by ordinary mail
8) If No, what other methods do you prefer in settling payment for the service?
__ by cheque
__ by wire transfer
__ Others, please suggest ___________________________________
We dearly appreciate you taking time to complete this survey, we will anticipate to
collect most of these responses before Christmas. And we will forward any subsequent
compilation of the survey results probably in January 1997. If there is any other comments,
please forward it to my address at ITU.
Cordially,
Daniel Chun
Research Assistant
Internet: daniel.chun(a)itu.ch
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